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Written by Daniel

How do you choose a smart home hub?

A smart home hub controls the smart devices in your house centrally. The hub connects your smart lighting, thermostat, or IP camera to each other. This allows you to control them from your comfy chair. There are different types of smart home hubs, each with its own functionalities. In this article, you can read what to keep in mind when choosing the best smart home hub for you.

Choose a smart home hub

Choose a smart home hub

Each smart home hub has different options. Determine a number of properties you'd like it to have by asking yourself the following questions:

  • Which platform do you want to control your smart products with?
  • Do you want to use voice control?
  • Do you need a hub with a screen?

Choose the right platform support

Platform support

If you're looking for a hub to control all your smart products with, it's important for the hub to support the right platforms. That's why you should check which smart home platform your current smart devices work with. Is your smart thermostat compatible with Google Assistant? Choose a Google Nest Hub, for example. Don't have many smart products yet? Keep the platform of your smart home hub in mind when you buy smart products.

Determine if you want to use voice control

Smart home hub with voice control

Before you make a choice determine if you want a smart home hub with a built-in speaker. These hubs can play music and you can control them with your voice or an app on your phone. Hubs without a built-in microphone can only be controlled with the smartphone app. Other than that, controlling your devices works the same way. If you don't like that the microphone of your hub is always listening, you may want to consider a hub without a built-in speaker.

Determine if you want a hub with a screen

Smart displays

Smart home hubs with a built-in screen have extra options. You can use the screen to display a recipe or to check if there's traffic on the way to work, for example. Not every screen has the same functionalities. There are hubs with a built-in camera for video calls and hubs that can play YouTube videos, for example. Determine if sound quality and screen size are important to you beforehand, because there are various options.

Daniel
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Daniel Smart Home Hub Expert.
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